Samsung to Copy Apple and Ditch Power Adapters and Headset According to Regulatory Filing

It appears that Samsung plans to copy Apple and not include a power adapter or headset with its next generation Galaxy smartphones, reports Tecnoblog.

The site spotted the change in approval documents from Brazil's National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel).


The Tecnoblog consulted the approval documents of the SM-G991B / DS, which would be the Galaxy S21; SM-G996B / DS, the Galaxy S21 +; and SM-G998B / DS, the Galaxy S21 Ultra. Samsung may decide to use another name (S30?), But has already defined that none of the three will come with a charger and handset.

"The cell phone will not be sold with a power supply," says the documentation for the three models at Anatel. They have been tested with two different adapters, both 25W. In addition, the documentation says: “the cell phone will not be sold with headphones”.



Samsung was quick to mock Apple for dropping the power adapter with the release of its 5G iPhone 12 models; however, by the end of October there were already rumors that the company was considering following suit.

Notably, the Protection and Consumer Protection Foundation of the State of São Paulo (Procon-SP) recently announced that Apple must make chargers available to those who order new iPhones and Brazil’s National Consumer Secretary may be considering a similar action.


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